2025 Community Health Institute (CHI) & EXPO Call for Abstracts

**Important Note: New Abstract Submission System**

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Deadline: March 3, 2025

The NACHC Community Health Institute (CHI) and EXPO is the largest annual gathering of health center clinicians, executives, operations and management staff, direct patient-facing staff, health center board members, and advocates along with Health Center Controlled Networks and State/Regional Primary Care Associations. Health centers are in an era when change must be viewed within the context of opportunity. They must find new ways to deliver care more effectively and efficiently. The pathway to sustainability and competition calls for training in new disciplines, collaboration, workforce development, technology, and pursuing innovative models of care that target both the social drivers of health and address the emerging public health issues and challenges of our day.

About the Education Program:

NACHC anticipates offering at least 50 sessions during the 2025 CHI. This year, we are looking for sessions that 1) align with NACHC’s Six Strategic Pillars, and 2) position health centers as the Employer, Provider, and Partner of Choice (EPPOC) for primary care and advancing health access:

• Partner of Choice: Position health centers as the partner of choice among all healthcare stakeholders to catalyze innovation and improve health. Healthcare Stakeholders = Patients, Providers, Payers, Purchasers, & Policy Makers.
• Employer of Choice: Position health centers as the employer of choice by identifying strategies and best practices to educate, recruit, and retain a high-quality, resilient, diverse, and culturally competent workforce that represents the people we serve.
• Provider of Choice: Positioning health centers as the provider of choice for all patients (and payers) across the lifespan through the provision of comprehensive, high-quality primary care that delivers on the Quintuple Aim with access in the center.

Important Call for Abstract Dates

• March 3, 2025: Completed submissions are due by 6:00 PM ET.
• March 10 – April 28, 2025: Abstract review period
• May 2025: Education program announced: abstract submitters will be notified via email

Submissions Must Relate Directly to at Least One of These Tracks:

• 340B Compliance and Policy
• Advocacy and Mobilization
• Health Center Essentials
• Health Center Governance
• Value-Based Care/Payment Innovation and Transformation
• Policy Analysis
• Population Health and Quality Improvement
• Workforce Investment in the Future

Session Formats:

• Workshop: A presentation by one or more speakers, or a panel discussion, followed by Q&A. These sessions should incorporate some interactive components for the audience (e.g. polling). Sessions will offer continuing education contact hours. A NACHC staff liaison will be assigned to ensure compliance with accreditation, facilitate session coordination, and review materials.
• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networking Session: A facilitated session that focus on topics that affect health centers such as – but not limited to – legislative and regulatory practices, operational issues, good governance practices, and the unique challenges that come with health center management and patient care. P2Ps are innovative opportunities for learning in small group settings, where participants exchange ideas and network on issues most relevant to health centers. NACHC Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networking Sessions do not qualify for continuing education contact hours. A NACHC staff liaison will be assigned to each P2P session to facilitate session coordination and review materials.
• Timely Twenty-Minute Tips (T3s): TED-Style talks that deliver simple, concise and knowledgeable information in short twenty-minute segments. Presentations have minimal or no slides. If slides are used, they are of exceptional quality, highly visual with few, if any, words. T3s do not qualify for continuing education contact hours. A NACHC staff liaison will be assigned to each T3 session to facilitate session coordination and review materials.
• Pre- and Post-Con Workshops: NACHC will offer pre- and post-con workshops on August 16th and 19th, 2025. The intent of these sessions is to take a deep dive into topics with opportunities for attendees to engage in in-depth discussions and hands-on exercises. Pre-con workshops will be up to 4 hours in length, with post-cons lasting up to 3 hours.

Abstract Tips:

• For-profit entities must partner with a health center or PCA/HCCN/NTTAP to be considered, and session faculty must include these health center or PCA/HCCN/NTTAP partners.
• Submissions with full session details (e.g. title, description, learning objectives, & speakers) will be prioritized.
• Please confirm all speakers in your abstract prior to submission.
• Demonstrate how your work is relevant to health centers, and why they should know about it.
• Please clearly describe how the session fits the selected track(s).
• Unless otherwise noted, sessions are limited to 60 minutes in length, including time for questions and answers.

Abstract Submission Selection Criteria:

• Interest: Would the session attract high interest from attendees?
• Application: Would the ideas shared in this session be applicable to other health centers?
• Clarity: Are the abstract and learning objectives clear and well-articulated?
• Creativity: Would this session introduce new ideas, approaches, and concepts?
• Relevance: Is this topic relevant to health centers?

NACHC may consider combining sessions based upon topic, session format, speakers, or other factors. NACHC also reserves the right to edit session titles and descriptions to meet the organization's marketing and branding guidelines. NACHC will contact submitters if this affects any sessions that are selected for the final program.

Speaker Expenses:

At the time of publishing this call for sessions, no travel or hotel expenses will be provided to speakers. Speakers currently qualify for a $50 discount on conference registration fees and must register in order to participate beyond their individual session.

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